Siverfale vs Kitty

They did, they did. Perhaps not as significant, but they still existed. For example, farmers in Australia long ago exterminated Tasmanian wolves because they thought they were destroying livestock. Although, in principle, I agree with you.

In those glorious times, it was possible to destroy entire herds of animals (not to mention that they probably could have destroyed even more people) without fearing the extinction of the species:)

Back then, it was also considered science fiction. Isn't it scary to sail across the ocean when a storm could happen at any moment? And what if there is no continent there at all?

Back then, it was already known that there was land there (Columbus discovered America before the 18th century) where one could live and grow plants. Now we don't have special domes or underground complexes for living even on the moon, let alone other planets.

Have you seen any romance among Neanderthals? At least now we don't eat our own kind for breakfast if there's nothing else (although, again, who knows). Besides, women are no longer considered unworthy, and men are no longer elevated to the level of gods.

Let's not dwell on Neanderthals :) I'm saying, let's talk about the heyday of "antiquity"
And what about our civilization's tendency towards militarism? I think almost everyone knows that the amount of weapons currently on Earth is enough to destroy all life (or at least irreparably destroy biological chains, ecosystems, and other "trifles").